L29.81 — Cholestatic pruritus
L29.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cholestatic pruritus. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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Risk adjustment
L29.81 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How L29.81 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to L29.81.
- Pruritus, pruritic›cholestatic
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L29.8. If L29.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L29.81
- Is L29.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. L29.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does L29.81 sit in the tabular list?
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